Packing box for clocks



1 599 935 R. H. W'HETEHEAD ET Al.

PACKING BOX FOR CLOCKS Sept. 14 l'9`2\6.

sneet-sheet 1 Filed. Feb. 2, 1925 Patented. Sept. 14, 1926.

UNITED STAES RICHARD H. WHITEHEAIJ ANI) 'WILLARCD NECTICUT, ASSIGNORS T0 THE NEW HAVEN CLOCK C0.,

NECTICUT, A CORPORATION.

PACKING BOX FOR CLOCKS.

. Application filed. February Ve do hereby declare the following, when taken in connection with the accompanying drawings and the characters of reference marked thereon, to be a full, clear, and exact description of our new and useful improvement in packing boxes for clocks, and which said drawings constitute part of 'this application, and represent, in-

Fig. 1 a perspective view of a packing-box for clock-cases, constructed in accordance with our invention.

Fig. 2 a view thereof in front elevation, on a larger scale than Fig. 1, with the boxfront or cover partly broken away, showing a clock installed in the box.

Fig. 3 a view thereof in vertical, transverse, central section, with a clock shown therein.

Fig. 4; a plan view thereof with the boxtop partly broken away.

Fig. 5 aview corresponding to Fig. 8, but omitting the clock, locking-plates and wedges.

Fig. 6 a perspective view of one of the locking-plates.

Fig. 7 a corresponding view of one of the wedges.

Heretofore, great difficulty has been experienced in packing shelf-clocks having highly finished cases in individual packingboxes, so as to avoid the mutilation of their finished surfaces in packing, transportation and unpacking, the objectl of our invention being to provide a packing-box with certain features, so that a clock may be installed and securely held in it, and then removed from it, without any possible mutilation of its surfaces.

With these ends in view, our invention consists in a packing-box having certain features of construction as will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In carrying out our invention, as herein shown, the box is designed for packing a shelf-clock 10 of the so-called Tambour type, the surface of the wooden case of which is highly finished. Upon the inside of each of the box-ends 11 we fasten horizontal cleats 12 correspondingly spaced above the box-bottom 13, so as to permit the extreme ends of the clock-case 10 to be inserted under them, as shown in Fig. 2, the said ends being prevented from direct contact with the cleats by cushions 14 of cork,

2, 1925. Serial No. 6,261.

felt, or other non-abrasive material. These cleats prevent the endwise and upward movement of the clock in the box, the height of which exceeds the height of the clock, so that there is ample clearance betw en the top of the clock and the top 15 of the box. rlo'prevent the lateral movement of the clock in the box, we employ two corresponding T-shaped, removable locking-members or plates 16 corresponding in length to the full width of the box from front to back and formed upon their outer edges with integral keys 17 accurately adapted in length to fit between the two legs 18 at each end of the clock-case, as clearly shown in Fig. t.

To hold these locking-pieces firmly in place, as well as to press the ends of the clock firmly upward against the cushions 1Ll, we employ two wide wedges 19 adapted to be slipped over the bottom 13 of the box, at the ends thereof, beneath the said lockingpieces, so as to bind the same in place and seat the ends of the clock against the said cushions. These wedges are furnished by preference with heavy cloth or canvas tabs 20, whereby they are conveniently withdrawn when it 1s desired to unpack the clock. To prevent the possible opening of the bezel, we preferably employ a guardstrap 21 of fabric, secured to a block 22 applied to the lower face of the top 15 of the box, midway of the length thereof, while the lower or free end of the guardstrap is tacked to a corresponding block 23 secured to the bottom 13 of the box midway the length thereof. As an added precaution, we prefer to insert a pad 24.- of corrugated paper between the back of the clock and the back 25 of the box. rlhe front or cover 26 of the box, when applied, engages with the outer ends of the wedges and prevents their outward displacement. Moreover, the ends of the locking-pieces abut against the back 25 and the front 26 of the box, and so are positively held against endwise mov-ement.

Under the construction described, the clock is securely held against movement in any direction without any contact with any of its finished surfaces other than the slight contact of its ends with the non-abrasive cushions applied to its end-cleats.

We claim 1. As a new article of manufacture,

combination with a clock having a finished case, of' a packing-box there-tom means located within the packing-box' -for limited nonabrasive engagement with corresponding points upon the @lock-ease for holding the same against endwise and upward movenient in the said box, locking-plates having keys extending between the legs of the clock-case tor holding the same aga-inst front and back eislilaeement, and wedges 'tor holdingthe said locking-plates in their locking positions.,

2 A packing-box. ttor elooll-eases,A cleats located within the said bon at the ends thereof in spaced relation to the bottom. thereof, T-shapeolocking-plates having keys adapted in. length: to litbetween the legs at the ends o the clock-ease tor holding they seid` plates in their loeking.-positionsy and lifting the ends ort the cloek--ease against the said spaein'g cleats.

A. packing-lion toi' clock-eases, cleats located; within the said box the ends thereof in spaced relation to the bottom thereto-1"', T-shaped locking-plates having keys:y adapted in length to tit between the legs at the ends oft the clock-case, wedges for holding. the saidplates in positiony and lifting the ends ot the Clock-case against the said. spacing-cleats, and tabs appliedto the said wedges for the convenient removal thereof.

Il. A packing-box for clock-cases7 cleats located within the box at the ends thereof in spaced relation to the bottoni thereof, T- shaped locking-plates having keys adapted in length to lit between the legs at the ends ot' the clock-ease7 wedges adapted for holding the said plates in position and lifting the ends of the clock-case against the spacing-cleats, and a strap fastened to the top and bottom ot' the box, to pass over the bezel et the clock to prevent the displacement thereof.

A packing-box for clock-cases, cleats l cated upon the inner ifaces ot" the ends ot the box in spaced relation to the bottom thereof, "if-shaped locking-plates lnwing keys adapted in length to lit between the legs at the endsot' the clock-ease, and wedges adapted to be inserted between the said plates and the bottom of' the box for holding the sa-id plates in their locking positions and lifting'- the ends of the clock-ease against the spacing-cleats.,

In testimony whereot we have signed this specilieation..

RICHARD H. WTHITEHEAD. ILLARD E. CHAMBERLAIN. 

